Bare ActsThe Travancore -Cochin Public Health Act,1955

Section 142

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Penalties for offences against Act etc-——(1) Whoever— {a} contravenes any of the provisions of this Act speci- fied in the first and the second columns of Sche- dule I; or (b) contravenes any rule or order made under any of the provisions so specificd; or (c) fails to comply with any direction lawfully given to him, or any requisition lawfully made upon him, under or in pursuance of any of the said provisions, shall be punished with fine which may extend to the amount mentioned m that behaif in the fourth column of thé said Schedule. (2) Whoever after having been convicted of— (a) contravening any of the provisions of this Act speci- fied in the first and second colurans of Schedule HU; or 124 (b) contravening any rule or order made under any of the provisions so specified; or (c) failing to comply with any direction lawfully given to him or any requisition lawfully made upon him under or in pursuance of any of the said provisions continues to contravene the said provision or the said rule or order, or continues to fail to comply with the said direction or requisition, shall be punished for each day after the previous date of conviction during which he contimues so to offend, with fine which may extend to the amount mentioned in that behalf in the fourth column of the said Schedule. (3) Whoever after having been convicted of contraven- ing the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 114 continues to contravene the said provisions shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one week. Explanatwon.—tThe entries in the third column of Sche- dules I and IZ headed “Subject” are not intended as definitions of the offences described mn the provisions specified in the first and second columns thereof, or even as abstracts of those pro- visions, but are inserted merely as references to the subject dealt with therein.

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